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Red chalk

Scope note

Chalk composed of hematite diffused in clay and used for drawing since the Renaissance. Originally cut from deposits but later fabricated from the same material.

This term has 949 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Material
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300080064

Broader Terms used

coloured chalk

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Study of two draped figures

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Allegrini, Flaminio (Attributed to)

The Arch of Constantine

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (Attributed to)

A man seated on the ground

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Callot, Jacques (Manner of)

Study for a stone lion

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Wit, Jacob de (Attributed to)

A shepherd resting

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Study of a cormorant

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

Ruins of the Palatine, Rome

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (Attributed to)

A man leaning on a rock

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Unknown

A landscape in Italy

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Kobell, Ferdinand (Attributed to)

Head of an old woman with spectacles

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Jordaens, Jacob (Ascribed to)

Staghounds

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Huber, Jean

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